Kenzie Daffinee

Photo by: Dalton Wainscott/Indiana Athletics

Photo by: Cooper Shannon/Indiana Athletics

Photo by: Dalton Wainscott/Indiana Athletics

Photo by: Maddi Sponsel/Indiana Athletics

Photo by: Maddi Sponsel/Indiana Athletics

Photo by: Sammy Nance/Indiana Athletics

Photo by: Gretta Cohoon

Photo by: Trent Barnhart

BLOOMINGTON, IN - July 27, 2023 - Daffinee Kenzie during VB Photo Day at Wilkinson Hall in Bloomington, IN. Photo By Sammy Nance/Indiana Athletics

Year:
Junior
Hometown:
Westfield, Ind.
Position:
Outside Hitter
Height:
6-0

AWARDS AND HONORS
Academic All-Big Ten Selection (2022, 2023, 2024)

GET TO KNOW KENZIE
Hobbies: Cooking, Art, Outside Activities, Traveling
Binge Show: Vampire Diaries
Musical Artists: John Summit and Dom Dolla
Dream Job: Content Creator for Different Companies
Restaurant: Feta
Major: Media Advertising – Management
Favorite IU Memory: Traveling to Europe in 2022

2024 (SENIOR): Academic All-Big Ten selection ... selected as a team captain in 2024 … played in a career high 27 matches and a career high 81 sets … recorded career highs in service aces (22) and digs (13) … one of four IU players to finish the season with more than 20 aces … recorded an ace in 15 different matches … had multiple aces on seven different occasions … picked up a career high five digs at Rutgers … closed out her career with a massive service ace in the sweep of Illinois.

2023 (JUNIOR): Academic All-Big Ten selection ... appeared in 22 matches with four starts ... finished the season with 13 aces ... combined for four aces in matches against Long Beach State and UCLA ... recorded an ace in the win over Miami (FL) ... tallied a pair of service aces vs. No. 2 Nebraska ... notched two aces in a win over Michigan ... recorded an ace at Ohio State ... compiled a pair of aces vs. Minnesota.

2022 (SOPHOMORE): Academic All-Big Ten selection ... played in 22 matches with three starts ... scored 16 service aces on the season ... recorded two service aces and a kill against Western Kentucky ... appeared against No. 9 Penn State ... served four times against No. 6 Ohio State ... tallied a pair of aces against No. 7 Wisconsin ... recorded a kill and a service ace at Iowa ... tallied two services aces and two digs against No. 9 Purdue ... made first career start against Michigan State ... served 15 times and recorded an ace in win at No. 25 Michigan ... recorded an ace at No. 12 Purdue ... poured in a combined 5 service aces in matches at No. 4 Nebraska and No. 3 Wisconsin ... had 1 ace and 2 digs against No. 16 Penn State ... recorded back-to-back aces against No. 9 Minnesota ... served a combined 19 times in wins over Northwestern and No. 5 Ohio State.

2021 (FRESHMAN): Appeared in three matches ... saw playing time for the first in her career against Bowling Green … had her first career kill at Butler … recorded playing time in the match against Alabama A&M.

PREP AND PERSONAL: Played at Westfield High School ... Under Armour All-American Nominee ... #60 on PrepVolleyball.com's 2021 Top 150 ... 2017 AAU All-American ... 1,147 kills, 279 aces, 671 digs and 106 blocks in high school career ... school records for aces in a match (9), aces in a season (84) and aces in career (279) ... member of Munciana Volleyball Club earned third-place at AAU nationals in 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 ... daughter of Cindy and Jim Daffinee ... hobbies include hiking, drawing and kayaking ... has a brother Camden Daffinee ... majoring in Media Advertising … born on December 4th.